Textured Substrate Filter For Removal Of Particulates From Fluid

Abstract

A device and method providing a textured substrate member and filtration device. The filtration device has a substrate member with a textured surface and a uniform surface on a side opposite the textured surface. The textured surface includes protrusions configured to interfere with a liquid flow traversing the textured surface to remove particulates entrained in the liquid flow. When the substrate member is disposed beneath a liquid source directed over the textured surface, the textured substrate forms a gravity-fed liquid filtration system. Also, a method for filtering particulates from a liquid includes providing a substrate member having a textured surface and a uniform surface opposite the textured surface; the textured surface having protrusions; configuring the plurality of protrusions to interfere with a liquid flow traversing the textured surface and remove particulates entrained in the liquid flow; and disposing the substrate member beneath the liquid flow.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A substrate for removal of particulates from a liquid flow, comprising:
 a substrate member having a textured surface;   the textured surface comprising a plurality of protrusions;   the protrusions configured to interfere with a liquid flow traversing the textured surface and remove particulates entrained in the liquid flow.   
     
     
         2 . The substrate of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate member comprises one of: a mat, a sheet or a belt. 
     
     
         3 . The substrate of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of protrusions comprise one or more geometric shapes. 
     
     
         4 . The substrate of  claim 3 , wherein the geometric shapes are pyramidal. 
     
     
         5 . The substrate of  claim 3 , wherein the geometric shapes are rounded. 
     
     
         6 . The substrate of  claim 3 , wherein the geometric shapes are a combination of pyramidal, rounded, and variable shapes. 
     
     
         7 . The substrate of  claim 3 , wherein the geometric shapes are comprised of different sizes. 
     
     
         8 . The substrate of  claim 4 , wherein the protrusions are comprised of material selected from the group of stereolithography materials, metal, elastomers, rubber, polymers, silicone, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The substrate of  claim 5 , wherein the stereolithography materials are comprised of epoxy resins. 
     
     
         10 . The substrate of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate member is rigid and the uniform surface is smooth. 
     
     
         11 . The substrate of  claim 1 , wherein the uniform surface is a frictional surface for better adhesion to an external surface. 
     
     
         12 . A filtration device comprising a substrate member having a textured surface and a uniform surface opposite the textured surface;
 the textured surface comprising a plurality of protrusions;   the protrusions configured to interfere with a liquid flow traversing the textured surface to remove particulates entrained in the liquid flow; wherein   when the substrate member is disposed beneath a liquid source directed over the textured surface forms a gravity-fed liquid filtration system.   
     
     
         13 . The filtration device of  claim 12 , wherein the substrate member comprises a rounded texture substrate for the removal of specific and various particulates 
     
     
         14 . The filtration device of  claim 12 , wherein the substrate member comprises a pyramidal texture substrate for the removal of specific and various particulate. 
     
     
         15 . The filtration device of  claim 12 , wherein the substrate member comprises a mat, the mat disposed on a declining angle relative to the liquid flow. 
     
     
         16 . A method for filtering particulates from a liquid comprising:
 providing a substrate member having a textured surface and a uniform surface opposite the textured surface; the textured surface comprising a plurality of protrusions;   configuring the plurality of protrusions to interfere with a liquid flow traversing the textured surface and remove particulates entrained in the liquid flow;   disposing the substrate member beneath a liquid source to receive the liquid flow.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 arranging a plurality of substrate members in a series of sections to increase removal of particulates from the liquid flow.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 placing a series of textured substrate members mats, in cascading sections above one another to maximize filtration.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 arranging the series of substrate members in varying degrees of decline to accommodate a viscosity of a fluid being filtered in the liquid flow; or to maximize filtration of the fluid as required by the application.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the method uses gravity to feed liquid over the substrate member to trap particulates and liquid pressure is not required to push liquid through a membrane; particulates in the liquid flow are filtered by the textured surface as a fluid flows over it; and the substrate member is cleaned in use without removal from an application for increasing efficiency and lowering cost.